We have now come to expect Apple to announce a new Iphone in June each year. All the last 3 versions of the Iphone where announced in June in each subsequent year.
We have come to expect that each new hardware will carry some new features. The new Iphone 4.0 Operating System has already been released to developers.
The iPhone has thus far been a revolutionary device which brought about a different way of doing the same things. We have seen the maturing of the touch screen with the Iphone; the simplicity of operating a smartphone and the bringing together of hundreds of applications into one device.
There are a number of fitness applications available in the online Itunes Apple store. Most of these applications can do with an extra addition of hardware- heart rate monitor. Heart Rate monitor is a vital tool for both professional and casual sports and fitness enthusiasts. Combined with availability of GPS, vital activity statistics can be collected and put to good use. One can analyse the impact of their training methods, monitor progress and plan future programmes. GPS which stands for Global Positioning System is a widely used system that determines one's exact position on earth at any one point in time.
It would be nice to have an Iphone that would have compatibility with a Bluetooth Heart rate monitor. I can think of more than a dozen fitness applications which can benefit from such a development. Such technology is not without precedence. Nokia N79 is sold as a bundle with a Bluetooth compatible Polar heart rate monitor.
The technology exists. How great it would be to see such functionality on the Iphone.
It's a pity I don't think such technology will be appropriate for the Ipad. Certainly you wouldn't want to run a mile with an Ipad under your arm! Having said that I hasten to say, 'you never know'!
So if Steve Jobs is reading this article there goes my wish. I am sure many other Iphone users who are into sports and fitness will agree.
Staying with health and fitness what other features would you like to see in the new Iphone.
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Friday, April 16, 2010
Nokia Sports Tracker Graduates With Honours
Nokia's smartphone GPS sports tracker application has graduated from the Beta Labs to a full fledged appliocation and it is now available in the Nokia Ovi Store.
The application is free. First impressions- the application looks great. It seemlessly transfers your old workouts from the Beta labs application to the this new one.
Uploading to the website is not yet possible but Nokia say they are working on it. The Sports Tracker Website still links you to the Beta Labs Sports Tracker Application I have not yet had an opportunity to road test this application but as soon as I do you will be the first to know.
I have loaded the application on the Nokia N97. Nokia Sports Tracker is compatible with a number of high end smartphones that have GPS such as N97, N97mini,Nokia Music Express 5800 and others
The application is free. First impressions- the application looks great. It seemlessly transfers your old workouts from the Beta labs application to the this new one.
Uploading to the website is not yet possible but Nokia say they are working on it. The Sports Tracker Website still links you to the Beta Labs Sports Tracker Application I have not yet had an opportunity to road test this application but as soon as I do you will be the first to know.
I have loaded the application on the Nokia N97. Nokia Sports Tracker is compatible with a number of high end smartphones that have GPS such as N97, N97mini,Nokia Music Express 5800 and others
Saturday, April 3, 2010
Connect Garmin Fitness Application Now Embedding Maps
Its good to see that Garmin have updated their Fitness Application. You can now see all the summary of an activity on one page.
On the left side you will see tabulated data of items like, total time of an activity, Heart Rate statistics, cadence,elevation and summary of laps. On the right side the website now features all the graphs of the tabulated data which appears on the left side. Certainly a great improvement.
The coolest change is the addition of the embedded GPS maps. So now its easier to post a map of one's run on his/her own website as shown below.
This has been one of the lacking features in an otherwise perfect application. Now there is no need for bloggers to redirect you to the Garmin website to view an activity map. If one wants to view the details, they simply click the view details button below the embedded activity map.
The changes on Connect Garmin also apply to previous activity posts. For Instance when I participated in the Dublin Marathon I used the old Connect Garmin web application to collate my run data. I can now go back to that post, copy the embedded map and paste in on my edited publication of Dublin City Marathon post- Taming The Beast.
Well done Garmin
On the left side you will see tabulated data of items like, total time of an activity, Heart Rate statistics, cadence,elevation and summary of laps. On the right side the website now features all the graphs of the tabulated data which appears on the left side. Certainly a great improvement.
The coolest change is the addition of the embedded GPS maps. So now its easier to post a map of one's run on his/her own website as shown below.
This has been one of the lacking features in an otherwise perfect application. Now there is no need for bloggers to redirect you to the Garmin website to view an activity map. If one wants to view the details, they simply click the view details button below the embedded activity map.
The changes on Connect Garmin also apply to previous activity posts. For Instance when I participated in the Dublin Marathon I used the old Connect Garmin web application to collate my run data. I can now go back to that post, copy the embedded map and paste in on my edited publication of Dublin City Marathon post- Taming The Beast.
Well done Garmin
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